William Wyler
| William Wyler | |
| Birth name | William Wyler |
|---|---|
| Birth | 1July 1902 Mulhouse , Alsace |
| Nationality |  U.S. |
| Deaths | 27 July 1981 Los Angeles , California |
| Occupation (s) | Director and producer |
| Notable Films | The Infidel The Best Years of Our Lives The Heiress Roman Holiday Ben-Hur |
William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 in Mulhouse , Alsace - 27 July 1981 in Los Angeles , California ) is a director and producer American of Swiss origin. It is famous for having made Ben-Hur , peplum rewarded by eleven Oscars (a record matched by Titanic in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004 ).
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Born Willi Weiller in a Swiss family His work Wyler was a veritable goldmine for the Hollywood industry that put him in command of large productions usually requiring technical prowess perilous as the peplum Ben-Hur , a remake of the silent film of the 1930s. Cameras Panavision very impressive, and with the objectives anamorphic 65 mm negatives (inflated later 70) were used for scenes of shopping, closer to the horses. Automatic cameras were also placed at the bottom of the tanks. All guaranteed a better definition of the depth of field. The shots became the much more impressive, with the assembly work, and gave a real sense of reality: as if the viewer lived the moment of action at the same time as the characters. The director signed between several other historical dramas, musicals or comedies where he gave free rein to his legendary perfectionism and guaranteed to actors or actresses and even a secondary victory Oscars , like Bette Davis and Fay Bainter ( The rebellious , 1938 ), Greer Garson and Teresa Wright ( Mrs. Miniver , 1942 ), Fredric March and Harold Russell ( The Best Years of Our Lives , 1946 ) Olivia de Havilland ( The Heiress by Henry James , 1949 ) Audrey Hepburn ( Roman Holiday , 1953 ), Charlton Heston and Hugh Griffith ( Ben-Hur , 1959 ) or Barbra Streisand ( Funny Girl , 1968 ). Even if his legacy is contested, Wyler was primarily imposed, in the words of Claude Beylie "as a strong director of actors, since cutting into a base material, literary or theatrical quality. " . Some critics like Andre Bazin , detect more real "style Wyler, recognizable from the first plane . This style is often through the use of sequence shots which dilute the dramatic progression of the story and function as a developer on the mental state of characters . This process makes the poetic scenery in addition to nourish successive fictions: the New Orleans of the nineteenth century , England devastated by German bombing, America at the end of the Second World War , the opulent interiors of London Victorian. .. Also this principle becomes he, in his later works, in a sociological description acerbic, tinged with moral thinking particularly like The Obsessed. This film tells the story of starting a kidnapping, but he gradually transforms into a reflection on the anomie and neuroses of contemporary society . Wyler, record holder for nominations for the Oscar for best director (twelve in total), received the honor on three occasions: in 1943 for Mrs. Miniver in 1947 for The Best Years of our lives and in 1960 for Ben-Hur. These three works have also all been rewarded with the Oscar for Best Picture. The filmmaker was also awarded the Palme d'Or from Cannes for his choral drama about the Civil War : The Law of the Lord in 1957. 
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